March 2nd, 2008, 23:18
When I arrived at about 8:30 the Birdcage was starting to fill up. The seating is u shaped. Most seats were taken directly in front of the stage 4 rows. Seats on the sides were almost filled. The dancers in the birdcages were good looking in my view as were the dancers on the stage. Most of the dancers were those that I seen around at other bars.
The food was catered by Googie and it was very good and plentiful. When I left at 11:30 there was still food being served. There was Thai food being served on one side of the alcove and western on the other side. There was roasted beef, chicken, pork, sausages, potato salad, green bean with seafood, Thai soups, fried rice and several other dishes. People seemed to enjoy it as I saw many people go back several times.....KQuill put on a nice buffet! Thanks!!
As the night went on and more people arrived the drink service really slowed down. At one point my friend and I waited 20 minutes for a drink (after reminding the waiter twice that we did not get our drinks). But this was understandable since the place was so full it was hard to walk around. One thing was a bit upsetting and I imagine for the owners too! The computer system for the drinks went down and so we received a cash register type tape that said 0.00. The first 2 round of drinks we did receive the normal type of handwritten bill you get. We had a total of 8 drinks (4 gin and tonics and 4 whiskey and soda) and the bill was 1610. We did not order any top shelf liquor so I did not understand why the price was so high. The waiter said problem with computer and as there was no way to prove how many drinks we had, I just paid and will bring this up to Kevin later. In NO WAY did I feel I was being cheated on purpose. The computer system failed and I know Kevin will make it right. I think everyone was doing their best for the first night.
Mark started the show a bit early since the house was full since 8:30. I must say I really expected more. The costumes were mostly black and with the lighting system they have it was hard to see. Others may have a different view, but I did not think highly of the show this night. Very bland and canned, everything was predictable in my view. Mark did promise the shows would improve and I hope some originality and better costume design is part of it. Someone mentioned that Mark might want to look at the production at Dynamite bar. True,at Dynamite, half of the acts are ladyboy but the other half have good looking boys and the shower show (some here may say...not a shower show) is very sensual I feel.
Remember, this was the first night. There was no soft opening to iron out the kinks. But since the Birdcage is being built around a "show", I hope this aspect improves. considering the great food and wonderful decor, the evening was very enjoyable
The food was catered by Googie and it was very good and plentiful. When I left at 11:30 there was still food being served. There was Thai food being served on one side of the alcove and western on the other side. There was roasted beef, chicken, pork, sausages, potato salad, green bean with seafood, Thai soups, fried rice and several other dishes. People seemed to enjoy it as I saw many people go back several times.....KQuill put on a nice buffet! Thanks!!
As the night went on and more people arrived the drink service really slowed down. At one point my friend and I waited 20 minutes for a drink (after reminding the waiter twice that we did not get our drinks). But this was understandable since the place was so full it was hard to walk around. One thing was a bit upsetting and I imagine for the owners too! The computer system for the drinks went down and so we received a cash register type tape that said 0.00. The first 2 round of drinks we did receive the normal type of handwritten bill you get. We had a total of 8 drinks (4 gin and tonics and 4 whiskey and soda) and the bill was 1610. We did not order any top shelf liquor so I did not understand why the price was so high. The waiter said problem with computer and as there was no way to prove how many drinks we had, I just paid and will bring this up to Kevin later. In NO WAY did I feel I was being cheated on purpose. The computer system failed and I know Kevin will make it right. I think everyone was doing their best for the first night.
Mark started the show a bit early since the house was full since 8:30. I must say I really expected more. The costumes were mostly black and with the lighting system they have it was hard to see. Others may have a different view, but I did not think highly of the show this night. Very bland and canned, everything was predictable in my view. Mark did promise the shows would improve and I hope some originality and better costume design is part of it. Someone mentioned that Mark might want to look at the production at Dynamite bar. True,at Dynamite, half of the acts are ladyboy but the other half have good looking boys and the shower show (some here may say...not a shower show) is very sensual I feel.
Remember, this was the first night. There was no soft opening to iron out the kinks. But since the Birdcage is being built around a "show", I hope this aspect improves. considering the great food and wonderful decor, the evening was very enjoyable